Sunshine: Best British Sci Fi?

Is Sunshine the best British Sci Fi movie?

  • Not the best.

    Votes: 10 55.6%

  • Not the best overall, but the effects were.

    Votes: 5 27.8%

  • The Bomb!

    Votes: 3 16.7%
  • Total voters
    18
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I saw Sunshine the other day and was surprised at how good it was (the other Danny Boyle films I've seen have been very different, stylistically (still good though!)). Visually stunning for a British movie, and I can't think of any other brit films with effects as good as that. Can you?
 
Can't honestly think of a whole lot of other specifically British science fiction movies, but in any case Sunshine was one of the most well-made, beautiful movies I've ever seen in the genre.
 
Best? More like only.

And I doubt it was totally British. British director maybe, and lead actor. I think it was financed by Fox Searchlight plus some investors.

And I thought the movie was average.
 
I haven't seen it, but probably not. Or as Stardog says, only.
 
Technically 2001 is British so, no, not by a longshot.

But Sunshine is an amazing movie anyway.
 
I'd say Twelve Monkeys is the best, but it's far too many things to be pigeonholed to one genre, regardless of how many sci-fi elements it does have.

But yes, Sunshine was damned good.
 
I really want to see this. Missed it at the movies, they were only showing it at 1 theater...
 
Not showing in any theaters here, and it's not on DVD yet over here. :|...
 
TheAntipop said:
I'd say Twelve Monkeys is the best, but it's far too many things to be pigeonholed to one genre, regardless of how many sci-fi elements it does have.
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12 Monkeys is American.

And I pity the fool who didn't see Sunshine in the theaters. I don't think I would have liked it nearly as much if it weren't for the fact that it was being shown in a large theater with the sound blaring.
 
Slacker said:
12 Monkeys is American.

And I pity the fool who didn't see Sunshine in the theaters. I don't think I would have liked it nearly as much if it weren't for the fact that it was being shown in a large theater with the sound blaring.
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Lucky me i have a theater in my house! :p
 
I'm curious why people didn't like this film?
 
i liked the first 2/3 of it
thought the ending was a bit much
 
First 2/3 was a 8.5/10 for me, last third was 6.9/10. Danny Boyle did a brilliant job with directing and loved how it had a alien vibe to it. Also, its not a British movie, just a British director.
 
Slacker said:
12 Monkeys is American.

And I pity the fool who didn't see Sunshine in the theaters. I don't think I would have liked it nearly as much if it weren't for the fact that it was being shown in a large theater with the sound blaring.
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Oh yeah, I forgot Terry Gilliam was American born. Oh well, part of Monty Python so I consider him a proper Brit in my eyes.
 
brink's said:
Ohh...i could've sworn otherwise. W/E Kubrick was 3/4 of that film...it's american in my book.
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Uh, it was a book before the film. Thus it is a british person that holds the rights, and thus it is british.

EDIT: gah, so many "b"s in that post.
 
I really, really, liked sunshine. I don't know why people complain so much about the crazy captain. It's not like he was an alien, or a zombie, or some energy ball...he was just a crazy person.
 
It's not about the nationality of the cast or director. It's the country of origin. That line is very blurred in this modern day when a French director can direct an Australian cast on a set in China funded by an American company. I'd call that film American unless it was an overseas branch that funded it. If two major countries contribute, e.g. 2001 it is classified as having 2 countries of origin.

For the record, Sunshine is from the UK, 2001 is UK/USA, and Blade Runner is USA.

Sunshine was pretty good, certainly a spectacle and worth seeing on the big screen. However any desire to see it again is just as an action film not as a work of art like I consider both 2001 and Blade Runner.
 
Alright, so what about Children of Men then? Pretty sure that was funded by British companies though directed by a Mexican film director.
 
Atomic_Piggy said:
Uh, it was a book before the film. Thus it is a british person that holds the rights, and thus it is british.

EDIT: gah, so many "b"s in that post.
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No, Kubrick and Clarke created the concept simultaneously and the movie actually came out before the novel....
 
I haven't seen it but I voted no. I'm going for Children of Men (I don't know if it's techically British or Sci-Fi but I'm voting for it anyway).
 
DeusExMachina said:
Alright, so what about Children of Men then? Pretty sure that was funded by British companies though directed by a Mexican film director.
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It is a UK film so yeah, that's probably my choice too.

brink's said:
No, Kubrick and Clarke created the concept simultaneously and the movie actually came out before the novel....
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It was based on a short story by Clarke called The Sentinel. These ideas were than padded out using Kubrick's imagination and several other Clarke short stories. So technically it is Clarke's idea but Kubrick's story.
 
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